Data management method using network
First Claim
1. A data management method using a network system which includes a server and a client terminal, comprising:
- the reception step of making the server receive a user'"'"'s data storage request from the client terminal;
the select step of making the server select a data server located in an area that has a predetermined relationship with an area set by a user; and
the storage step of making the server send data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server, and store the data in the selected data server.
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Abstract
This invention has been made to manage data possessed by a user on a network. One of this invention is a data management method using a network system which includes a server and a client terminal, including the step of making a control server receive a user'"'"'s data storage request from the client terminal, the step of making the control server select a data server located in an area that has a predetermined relationship with an area set by the user, and the step of making the control server send data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server, and store the data in the selected data server.
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84 Claims
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1. A data management method using a network system which includes a server and a client terminal, comprising:
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the reception step of making the server receive a user'"'"'s data storage request from the client terminal;
the select step of making the server select a data server located in an area that has a predetermined relationship with an area set by a user; and
the storage step of making the server send data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server, and store the data in the selected data server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A data management method using a network system which includes a server and a client terminal, comprising:
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the reception step of making the server receive a user'"'"'s data storage request from the client terminal;
the select step of making the server select a data server that stores data associated with the data storage request; and
the storage step of making the server send data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server, and store the data in the selected data server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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12. A server comprising:
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reception means for receiving a user'"'"'s data storage request sent from a client;
select means for selecting a data server that stores data associated with the data storage request via a communication line; and
means for sending the data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server via the communication line.
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13. A program for making a computer function as:
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reception means for receiving a user'"'"'s data storage request sent from a client via a communication line;
select means for selecting a data server that stores data associated with the data storage request; and
means for sending the data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server via the communication line.
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14. A data management system including a control server, a client terminal, and a plurality of data servers, which can communicate with each other via a communication line,
said control server comprising: -
reception means for receiving a user'"'"'s data storage request sent from a client;
select means for selecting a data server that stores data associated with the data storage request; and
means for sending the data associated with the data storage request to the selected data server, and said data server comprising;
means for storing the data sent from said control server.
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15. A data storage service apparatus which comprises a plurality of servers for storing data in response to a storage request via a network, comprising:
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service control means which includes select means for selecting the server in accordance with at least a user'"'"'s service subscription qualification level, and storage control means for storing data associated with a storage request in the server selected by said select means.
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38. A method of controlling a data storage service apparatus which comprises a plurality of servers for storing data in response to a storage request via a network, comprising:
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the service control step which includes the select step of selecting the server in accordance with at least a user'"'"'s service subscription qualification level, and the storage control step of storing data associated with a storage request in the server selected in the select step.
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61. A data storage service system which comprises a plurality of servers for storing data in response to a storage request via a network, comprising:
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service control means which includes select means for selecting the server in accordance with at least a user'"'"'s service subscription qualification level, and storage control means for storing data associated with a storage request in the server selected by said select means. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A control program executed by a data storage service system which comprises a plurality of servers for storing data in response to a storage request via a network, having contents for:
storing data associated with a storage request in the server selected in correspondence with at least a user'"'"'s service subscription qualification level.
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